Lenoir County NcArchives Court....Court Warrant, 1809

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Joe P. Sutton, PhD, sutton@edtesting.com, November 25, 2017.

Clellan Sutton Collection, Bucklesberry Community, La Grange, NC.

JOHN & SLADE GATLIN TO JOHN & BENJAMIN SUTTON COURT WARRANT, 1809

State of North Carolina } To the constable given here you are
         Lenoire County } commanded to summons John Sutton
for to appear before me or some Justice of the Peace for 
said county within thirty days from the date hereof 
to show cause why he duly paying Slade Gatlin the 
sum of twenty one pounds two shillings and duly. 
Assumpsit and this shall be for a lawfull warrant 
given under my hand & seal the 1 of Feb 1809  
                                     Jno Gatlin, J.P.

[Back side]

And that of the written warrant 
prepared against the defendent for 
the sum twenty one pounds 
two shillings recd and book the 1 of 
Feb 1809            Jno Gatlin, J.P.

Stay of Execution } a-
greeable to law by giving 
Benjamin & John Sutton            his
Recd five pounds         Benj      X     Sutton
in part the 1 Feb 1809            mark
          Slade Gatlin
			   John Sutton 

END OF DOCUMENT

Comments:

Although Benjamin had a brother named, John, Benjamin’s son, John (born 
ca. 1779), would have been an adult at this time, approximately 30 years old. 
It is more likely that the John named in this document is the son of Benjamin, 
given Benjamin appears to be interceding for him.

Of significance, it appears that John Sutton signed his own name, providing 
additional proof this was most likely Benjamin’s son. The elder John, brother of 
Benjamin, was illiterate in all likelihood, as was Benjamin, and would not have 
been able to sign his name.

Re: Slade Gatlin

b. Bef. 1773; d. July 13, 1809. Slade was postmaster of Kinston, Lenoir, NC
See http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/a/t/Larry-B-Gatlin/PDFGENE8.pdf 

Slade Gatlin owned a store.
See http://smithharper.org/docs/harper/lenoircountysettlementswiththestate.pdf

Notice is Hereby Given That Slade GATLIN, late of Kinston in the county of Lenoir,
is dead, and that the Subscriber qualified as Executor to his last Will and Testament,
at July Term, 1809, of the County Court of said County. All Persons having claims 
against his Estate, are requested to bring them forward within the time prescribed by 
Law, or they will be barred of recovery; and all Persons indebted to the Estate of 
said deceased, are requested to make immediate payment or they will be sued by John 
GATLIN, Executor. July 4th, 1809.(spelling and punctuation are from the original 
document) Paper: Newbern Herald.; Date: 1809-09-09; Vol: III; Iss: 132; Page: [4]
See http://genforum.genealogy.com/gatlin/messages/1013.html 

Re: Assumpsit (term used on front side of document)
See http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/assumpsit
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumpsit